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epicurean
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An Epicurean (capitalized) is one who follows Epicureanism; an epicurean (lowercase) is one who pursues luxurious pleasures. Epicurean or epicure may refer to: Epicure (gourmet) , a person interested in food, sometimes with overtones of excessive refinement ...
WordNet
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n. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) [syn: epicure , gourmet , gastronome , bon vivant , foodie ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Epicurean \Ep`i*cu*re"an\ (?; 277), a. [L. Epicureus, Gr. ?: cf. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. ``The sect Epicurean.'' --Milton. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating. Courses ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But why should this once lowly dessert have risen to such epicurean realms? ▪ The fare laid before Botha last night was hardly epicurean .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort 2 devoted to luxurious live n. one who is devoted to pleasure
Usage examples of epicurean.
He was a worthy man, fond of pleasure, a thorough-paced Epicurean, and had married an actress named Cochois, who had proved worthy of the honour he had laid on her.
A philosopher who wished to renounce all the vanities of the world, and an Epicurean who would enjoy good cheer cheaply, could find no better retreat than Beziers.
Towards the evening my Epicurean syndic called on me, and we went to sup with the three nymphs, and for five hours we indulged in every species of wantonness, in which I had a somewhat fertile imagination.
God, but it seemed to Tolley that the light of science had penetrated every corner of the Universe, right down to the buzzing wavicles of fundamental particles, without any evidence of an Epicurean creator overseeing all.
My epicurean syndic was exact to his appointment, and took me to a house at a little distance where he introduced me to three young ladies, who, without being precisely beautiful, were certainly ravishing.
EPICUREAN SONG Away with your stories of Hades, Which the Flamen has forged to affright us-- We laugh at your three Maiden Ladies, Your Fates--and your sullen Cocytus.
He was hardly an epicurean, but he surely would have noticed the first time he slurped up a spoonful of Malathion or Sevin.
Epicurean Club with the proceeds of a tontine which he had taken great pains, in the traditional manner, to ensure that he had collected in full.
His great-grandfather had founded the Epicurean Club with the proceeds of a tontine which he had taken great pains, in the traditional manner, to ensure that he had collected in full.
There, too, was Pococurante, the epicurean and triple millionaire, who in a political country dared to despise politics, in the most aristocratic of kingdoms had refused nobility, and in a land which showers all its honours upon its cultivators invested his whole fortune in the funds.
Stoic and Epicurean, and you both think, I fear, that if Xanthippe had founded a school, my philosophy would also be defined.
The influence of the Stoic and Epicurean philosophies of Nova Babylonia was evident in her doctrines, and deplored.
A Stoic or Epicurean displays principles, which may not be durable, but which have an effect on conduct and behaviour.
He was a professed Epicurean, and carried out the system with an amazing tranquillity.
Towards the evening my Epicurean syndic called on me, and we went to sup with the three nymphs, and for five hours we indulged in every species of wantonness, in which I had a somewhat fertile imagination.